Wacom Intuos4 graphics tablets review
Widely lauded, Wacom's previous Intuos3 line of graphics introduced many innovations. The new Intuos4 line appears less innovative at first, but with use it quickly begins to shine.
Reviews
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Corel Painter 11 review
Instead to trying to take on the 800-pound gorilla that is Photoshop, Corel has stuck rigidly to Painter's core functionality – and at this is second to noe.
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World exclusive review: Apples 8-core Mac Pro with Nehalem processors
Apple's brand new Mac Pro is the first workstation to use Intel's 'Nehalem'-based Xeon 3500 and 5500 series chips. We run the first benchmark tests on the model to see how it measures up against both old Macs and new Windows PCs.
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Apple's unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro review
It’s late but it’s worth it. The new 17-inch MacBook Pro gives Apple’s largest laptop the same ‘unibody’ makeover as the 15-inch range.
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First Look: Apple's unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro review
It took Apple a while to finally get around to updating the 17-inch MacBook Pro with a single-piece aluminium shell, but the wait was more than worth it.
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Ricoh R10 review
Like its predecessors the R8 and R7, the Ricoh R10 is a great piece of miniaturization that somehow puts a 7x zoom lens on the front of a pocket-sized camera.
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Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 review
This is the first new release of the Stitcher panorama-creation software since its original developer RealViz was bought by 3D developer Autodesk in May last year.
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VisTablet review
The VisTablet tablet is designed to be an affordable but fully featured alternative to a Wacom. The two models currently available are the Original 12W and the diminutive Mini Mouse.
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Extensis Suitcase Fusion 2 review
Suitcase Fusion, a professional font-management utility designed for individual users, has seen a giant upgrade with the release of version 2.
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Boris Continuum Complete 6 review
The headline new feature in the Boris Continuum Complete 6 is 3D Objects, which extrude and animate text and vector shapes – replicating tools previously found only Boris Red and Boris Blue.
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Autodesk ImageModeler 2009 review
ImageModeler 2009 extracts 3D information from photos to construct accurate models and scenes, to which you can apply realistic textures taken from the image.
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Daz Carrara 7 Pro review
Carrara 7, which is available in Express, Standard and Pro editions, aims to offer a fully featured 3D suite at an affordable price. We’ve looked at the Pro version here.
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Alien Skin Bokeh review
Bokeh is the real-world photographic technique for creating images where the subject is largely in focus and the background is blurred. This plug-in mimics this effect.
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Filter Forge review
Filter Forge is – by quite a margin – the most powerful plug-in we’ve looked at here. That’s because it’s a tool for creating plug-ins, both generative texture-creation tools and effects filters.
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OnOne Genuine Fractals 6 review
Genuine Fractals 6 is available in two versions. Both feature the same scaling engine, but the Standard Edition supports RGB images only.
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Luxology ImageSynth 2 review
ImageSynth 2 generates seamless textures from lower-resolution images, ao it allows the user take one or more small images of grass and ferns and turn it into a much larger texture.
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Auto FX Photo/Graphic Edges 7.0 Platinum Edition review
The clumsily named Photo/Graphic Edges 7.0 Platinum Edition (PGE 7.0) – is a powerful but heavily flawed plug-in for adding borders and frames to images.
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Imagenomic Portraiture 2 review
Portraiture is a plug-in that automates skin smoothing and blemish removal – and it’s one that most digital artists will want to get their hands on.
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Nik Silver Efex Pro review
Silver Efex Pro efficiently produces great black-and-white effects that are fiddly to create in Photoshop alone. It ships with a set of presets to use as a starting point.
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Akvis Sketch 8.5 review
Akvis’ Sketch is the only plug-in we’ve seen that produces decent pencil drawing from images, though it’s let down by a wonky workflow and some bad bugs.